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The U.S. Steinway & Sons label has made a strong impact with albums 
by performers who evoke the concert atmosphere of a hundred years ago: 
the era, as it happens, when the Steinway piano was supreme. 
British pianist Simon Mulligan does this, but not with quite 
the same classical repertoire as other pianists on the label. 
Mulligan has played both classical music and jazz, 
but here he offers a kind of salon music that has improvised elements, 
but for the most part is not jazz. (The exception is the upbeat 
I'll Be Home for Christmas). The music consists entirely of Christmas 
or holiday-season tunes, but even such a chestnut as Winter Wonderland 
is fresh, a bit meditative in Mulligan's hands. Steinway's engineers 
have made great strides forward in showcasing their home hall at its best,
and the mood struck by the sound design here is deep. 
For a classy soundtrack to your Christmas gathering you couldn't do better
than this, but there's more to Mulligan's album than simply background music. 


foobar2000 1.3.16 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-12-10 15:20:38
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Analyzed: Simon Mulligan / Christmas at Steinway Hall
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR12      -0.30 dB   -15.33 dB      3:20 01-Baby, It's Cold Outside
DR15      -0.82 dB   -20.87 dB      5:26 02-The Christmas Song
DR12      -0.30 dB   -15.89 dB      4:29 03-Winter Wonderland
DR13      -0.31 dB   -19.01 dB      5:19 04-O Holy Night
DR14      -0.30 dB   -18.90 dB      4:49 05-Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
DR12      -0.30 dB   -16.91 dB      4:27 06-The First Noel
DR14      -2.40 dB   -20.45 dB      4:47 07-I Saw Three Ships
DR13      -2.57 dB   -21.39 dB      5:38 08-While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
DR17      -0.31 dB   -22.83 dB      5:17 09-Away in a Manger
DR11      -0.30 dB   -14.40 dB      3:24 10-O Little Town of Bethlehem
DR13      -0.30 dB   -17.70 dB      5:19 11-I'll Be Home for Christmas
DR14      -0.31 dB   -20.24 dB      3:04 12-Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
DR14      -0.63 dB   -23.05 dB      4:28 13-Silent Night
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Number of tracks:  13
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           405 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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